Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill
Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (Irish: Maolsheachlann mac Domhnaill), also called Máel Sechnaill Mór or Máel Sechnaill II (949 – 2 September 1022), was a King of Mide and High King of Ireland. His great victory at the Battle of Tara against Olaf Cuaran in 980 resulted in Gaelic Irish control of the Kingdom of Dublin.
| Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill | |
|---|---|
An imaginative sculpture depicting Máel Seachnaill | |
| King of Mide | |
| In office 980–1022 | |
| High King of Ireland | |
| 1st reign | 980-1002 |
| Predecessor | Domnall ua Néill |
| Successor | Brian Boru |
| 2nd reign | 1014-1022 |
| Predecessor | Brian Boru |
| Successor | Donnchad mac Briain |
| Born | 949 Kingdom of Mide |
| Died | 2 September 1022 Lough Ennell, Kingdom of Mide |
| Spouses | Gormflaith ingen Murchada Máel Muire ingen Amlaíb |
| Issue | Conchobar Flann Congalach Domnall Murchad Rua Muirchertach Colmán/Coloman of Stockerau |
| House | Uí Néill |
| Father | Domnall Donn |
| Mother | Dúnfhlaith |
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